EdTechWalden

This site outlines every aspect of planning pre-workshop activities from the venue to the expenditures. Essential processing is fostered by a suggestion of tools that can be used to introduce key concepts prior to training. In terms of generative processing, the site has suggestions for incorporating multimedia activities. This site would mainly be used by a person who is planning to present at a workshop. It would not be used for presentation purposes.

This site provides a video tutorial on how to create a Gmail account. It is essential learning for workshop participants who will be expected to participate in Google shared documents throughout the workshop activities. The tutorial fosters generative processing since it incorporates both verbal and pictorial directions.

This website shows how to create a customized organized chart in Microsoft Word 2007. The verbal directions that correlate with the visual modeling foster generative processing of essential information. In addition, workshop participants may wish to personalize or modify graphic organizers to fit within their individual classrooms.

This website shows hot to create a customized organized chart in Microsoft Power Point 2007. As the speaker gives verbal directions, she clicks on the relevant tabs to serve as a model. The dual coding enhances generative processing of essential concepts.

This website is an article that addresses some tips and "To Dos" for people who plan to do educational presentations. It discusses essential aspects such as theme, timing and delivery. Presenters reading this article can take whatever tidbits of information they like and disregard the others. So the allowance of flexibility is what fosters generative processing.

This website is a tutorial that goes over the physical layout of a 6th grade classroom. It addresses essential components such as content related material, student work and student resources.

This workshop addresses a sequential guide to incorporating activities at a workshop centered on assessments. Comparable to the other sites, it fosters generative processing by providing text and captioned pictures.

* Brief description of Web site: A free tool that allows user the ability to enhance their fast-paced online conversations. Users can create images and videos of what they see on their computer screen, and then share them instantly with others. * Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found: Besides the fact that this is a free resource, this tool allows for various modes of multimedia, including images/graphics, text, and narration.

Jing is an online computer service that provides its users with the capability to capture basic video, animation, and still images, while also being able to share what has been captured on the web with others. Jing can capture anything displayed on the computer screen, including pictures, video, and even movements of the mouse. The final product can be saved for further use, shared online, or emailed to others, but videos are limited to five minutes. Jing is considered a technology-centered program that has the capability to produce learning. The technology-centered approach fails to lean to lasting improvements in education, therefore, the use of Jing alone would not warrant effective learning. This particular screencasting program is one of the best, because it is free and it can be used in a number of ways (from pre-training, to teaching, to presenting).

o Jing is a screencast program where users can create a video of their screens while narrating instructions. In addition, users can develop screenshots with notations to create manuals and instructions. Students can demonstrate procedural knowledge through the use of this program and make sense of processes. In addition, teachers can share vast guidance on how online programs and feature work through the creation of screencasts. o The site is free which is pretty incredible considering you can also host your videos and share them via a url which makes emailing large files much easier. The site is easy to use and the quality of the screencasts remarkable.

* Brief description of Web site: A free web-based tool that allows users the ability to publish content to the web instantly. This site gives users a way to the blog publishing process without writing any code or installing any sort of server software or scripts. * Brief explanation of why you found this site to be better than others you found: Besides the fact that this is a free resource, this site is very user friendly. Furthermore, the fact that it is a Google byproduct (purchasing by Google), users can access it through their Google account (if they have one).

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This site provides great ideas and examples of authentic assessments for a range of content areas. It provides tutorials on how to create and assess authentic assessments through rubrics that are already created or self created rubrics. This is a wonderful tool if you are unfamiliar with the implementation of authentic assessments in your educational environment. 

Voice thread is a collaborative slide show that can hold videos, pictures or audio. It is set up so users viewing the multimedia show can navigate through and share comments is a variety of ways. It does not take long to create and share a project with anyone in the world. 

This website allows participants to access and explore a demonstrative Moodle course. It is useful for generative learning, as it offers teachers participating in the workshop the opportunity to experience the course from a student perspective. Also, this demo course allows them to simulate activities that they can manipulate to learn concepts related to the course creation. I have selected this site as it features a demonstrative course that outlines some of Moodle's main features by providing examples of resources and activities. Furthermore, it allows teachers to use simulation to design course activities.